{"id":24809,"date":"2015-10-08T12:12:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T20:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=24809"},"modified":"2015-10-08T12:19:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T20:19:18","slug":"listen-to-kaleidoscopic-remix-of-destroyers-forces-from-above-by-bandmember-john-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-10\/listen-to-kaleidoscopic-remix-of-destroyers-forces-from-above-by-bandmember-john-collins\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Kaleidoscopic Remix of Destroyer’s “Forces From Above” by Bandmember John Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Destroyer’s<\/a> Poison Season<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>is easily one of the Best\u00a0Albums of 2015,<\/strong> and their recent concert at the Regent<\/strong> in Los Angeles matched the album and raised it one (or ten). \u00a0So when anything Destroyer<\/strong>-related comes our way these days, we’are all ears. \u00a0Today, the band released their own John Collins’<\/strong> (“DJ johnedwardcollins@gmail.com”) remix of the\u00a0single Forces from Above<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0Versus the string-laden bongo-propelled soar of the original, this version is all over the musical map and takes glorious flight in its second half. \u00a0Collins deftly adds Jamaican dub elements and then lays the tone-heavens above bare and spare, ultimately adding more dub and electronica effects and percussion and driving violins and horns, resulting in breath-taking wall-of-sound propulsion. \u00a0We love everything about the remix. \u00a0That felt good, indeed! \u00a0Check it out below.<\/p>\n

Collins<\/strong> hilariously had this to say:<\/p>\n

“DJ johnedwardcollins@gmail.com has heard of dubstep. DJ johnedwardcollins@gmail.com is sickened by the organic, human nature of the album version of \u201cForces From Above\u201d and of the Poison Season feel in general, when the words are so often about mechanised abuse at a societal level. It makes no sense. However, DJ johnedwardcollins@gmail.com understands malaise and being lost in the simple maze (a couple of squiggly lines) of one\u2019s dreary thoughts. DJ johnedwardcollins@gmail.com knows for a fact that \u201cForces From Above\u201d is about CAMPS, like internment camps and concentration camps.<\/em><\/p>\n

DJ johnedwardcollins@gmail.com heard this from Bejar himself, muttered once or twice, in his bunk. DJ johnedwardcollins@gmail.com mixes are not interested in release; they are exercises in tension that go nowhere, much like a life. DJ johnedwardcollins@gmail.com dabbles in queer theory. DJ johnedwardcollins@gmail.com mixes on an iPhone; too bad<\/em>
\nDJ johnedwardcollins@gmail.com says, \u201cDestroyer\u2019s sadness is no match for mine. Mine cannot be contained. It never has been able to be.\u201d Extemporaneous night is something DJ johnedwardscollins@gmail.com is working on. DJ johnedwardscollins@gmail.com mourns the undanceability of his mixes, but it won\u2019t always be this way.<\/em><\/p>\n

DJ johnedwardcollins@gmail.com does not believe techno music to be a suitable medium for songwriters.<\/em>
\nDJ johnedwardcollins@gmail.com created this mix as a response to the challenge of making an unmasterable WAV file<\/em>.”<\/p>\n